The Summit by Fearless Adventures

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  • Factory International: Creating A Space That Will Inspire Audiences And Foster Skills | The Summit Ep.34

    This week Randel Bryan joins David Newns on The Summit.


    Randel built a wealth of marketing experience working at Universal Pictures, Endemol Shine and Discovery before taking his talents to Factory International, the new permanent home of the Manchester International Festival.


    Randel shares how Factory International is set to push the boundaries of what audiences can expect from Manchester, his philosophy that art is just content and how Factory International are working to develop skills in the arts through their Factory Academy.


    About our hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

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    24 min
  • I Joined A Monastery To Learn To Read And Write Now I'm Head Of Engineering At THG | The Summit Ep.33

    This week Basil Zocca joins David Newns on The Summit By Fearless Adventures.


    Basil received no education as a child meaning that he couldn't read or write until the age of 14 when he joined a monastery.


    Since then Basil's growth has been nothing short of sensational. Basil studied medicine in South Africa before switching to computer engineering. Now Basil is the Head of Engineering at THG, one of the UK's largest ecommerce companies.


    About our hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

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    20 min
  • Negotiating The Biggest Deal In Dragon's Den History | The Summit Ep.32

    This week's guest on The Summit is Look After My Bills co-founder and Angel Investor Henry De Zoete.


    Henry co-founded Look After My Bills in 2017 and led the company through growth leading to an earn out with the price comparison giant Money Supermarket.


    Learn how Henry pivoted an original business idea to enrol on the prestigious Y Combinator programme, how he and his partner successfully negotiated the biggest deal in Dragon's Den history and how he chooses

    which companies to invest in.


    ▬▬▬ About our hosts ▬▬▬

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    ▬▬▬ Follow ▬▬▬

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  • How Rebecca Adlington Transformed From An Olympic Swimmer To A Business Leader | The Summit Ep.31

    This week Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington joins David Newns on The Summit to share how she has transformed herself from an athlete to a business owner.


    Rebecca teamed up with fellow Olympic swimmers Steve Parry and Adrian Turner and founded Swim! Together they teach children how to swim using state-of-the-art family-friendly swimming centres.


    Rebecca shares her journey including her passion for sport, how she plans to revolutionise how swimming is approached in the UK and the inspiration she takes from teaching children to swim.


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    29 min
  • Why Gareth Lewis Decided To Start A Fintech Company In Cardiff | The Summit Ep.30

    This week's guest on The Summit is Gareth Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Delio, a business that helps financial institutions to connect their clients to private investment opportunities.


    Gareth talks about how he moved back in with his parents so that he could build a business in his hometown of Cardiff, the landscape of private investment in the UK and his philosophy of hiring for people instead of roles to promote agility and growth.


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  • Chef Jonny Marsh - Cooking For The Biggest Footballers In The Premier League | The Summit Ep.29

    Chef Jonny Marsh trained under Raymond Blanc in Oxford and has grown to become the private chef of choice for Premier League stars like Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker.


    This week Dominic McGregor and Emily Smithies speak to Jonny about what drove him to chase his dream in professional kitchens and how he made the most of the early opportunities to become the go to private chef for footballers.


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  • Miniml: Eliminating Waste To Build Sustainable Brands - Scott Rudd and Emma Tapper | The Summit Ep.28

    Scott Rudd and Emma Tapper join David Newns and Dominic McGregor in this week's instalment of The Summit By Fearless Adventures.


    Scott and Emma are the co-founders of Miniml, a range of zero waste household and personal care products with a unique closed loop system, ensuring as little waste reaches landfill as possible.


    Scott and Emma talk to David and Dominic about how they met, how they saw that household products within refill shops were still generating lots of waste and how they plan to develop Miniml in the future.


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
  • Launching BBC iPlayer To Building A Platform Where Founders Have Raised £1.4 Billion | The Summit Ep.27

    This week we are delighted to welcome Anthony Rose, co-founder of SeedLegals to The Summit!


    Anthony talks to David Newns about how he launched BBC iPlayer in just three months and went on to build his latest venture SeedLegals, a platform that allows startup founders to fundraise and has raised over £1.4 billion for UK startups to date.


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min
  • Turning My Cancer Diagnosis Into Chemotherapy Content - Shell Rowe | The Summit Ep.26

    Shell Rowe is a content creator specialising in documenting her journey with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.


    Shell started sharing her journey when she began CAR-T cell therapy and couldn't find information online. Realising there was a need for patients to know more about the process, Shell created YouTube content then started posting on Instagram and TikTok.


    Shell talks to Dominic McGregor about how her diagnosis changed her plans for her future overnight, how it helped her to become a different person and find the courage to share her story with millions of people.


    If you or a somebody that you know has been affected by cancer, you can find support from Macmillan.

    https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support


    About Our Hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow Shell

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shellrowex/

    TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@shellrowe

    Sense of Tumour - https://youtu.be/l-COXq-x0Wg


    Follow Fearless Adventures

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

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    29 min
  • We Want 1 in 2 People To Choose To Be Alcohol Free By 2033 - Andy Ramage and Matt Pink | The Summit

    This week we Dominic McGregor welcomes Andy Ramage and Matt Pink to The Summit.


    Andy and Matt are co-founders of Dryy, a community that supports people who want to lead an alcohol free lifestyle using content and events.


    Dom, Andy and Matt share their stories and what it means to them to be sober as well as looking at some of the cultural issues in the UK that surround alcohol.


    About our hosts

    A serial entrepreneur, David Newns successfully founded, built and sold his first two companies to FTSE 100 companies. Following the sale of his second company, David joined Imperial Brands as Group Innovation and Science Director as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.


    Founder and former COO of Social Chain, Dominic McGregor grew the business from its inception in 2014 to an industry leader working with clients such as Amazon, Coca Cola and TikTok. Dominic oversaw the phenomenal rise of Social Chain, expanding the business through investments and acquisitions across EMEA and North America, culminating in a public market listing.


    Learn more about Fearless Adventures and reach out to the team if you're a business owner looking for investment at https://fearlessadventures.co.uk/


    Follow

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fear...

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearefearle...

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FearlessAdvntrs

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min

About The Summit by Fearless Adventures

From the publisher's feed

Welcome to The Summit by Fearless Adventures, a brand new weekly podcast from Fearless Adventures and hosted by our co-founders David Newns and Dominic McGregor.


David and Dominic have…